WESS Vendor Relations

From Wess

Why donate to ESS?
The European Studies Section (ESS) represents librarians and others who specialize or are otherwise professionally involved in the acquisition, organization, and use of information sources originating in or related to European countries. Getting involved with ESS through participation or donation allows a vendor to interact face to face and online with the people who manage European Studies collections across the US and Canada.

Committee Charge:

The ESS Vendor Relations Committee

• conducts or coordinates annual as well as special fundraising campaigns to support ESS activities• helps with budget and fundraising for special events (e.g. international conferences)• serves as primary liaison to sponsors for fundraising purposes • works closely with ACRL and the ESS Executive Committee regarding finances

Major Responsibilities:

• projects financial needs for regular activities (e.g. Program, Social Event at Summer ALA) in collaboration with ESS committee chairs. Projections are prepared by September 1 for the rest of the fiscal year and for the next fiscal year• projects financial needs for special events (e.g., an international conference)• establishes fundraising targets based on projected needs• requests donations from sponsors and acknowledges donations received with letters and public mention of the donor's generosity• keeps records of sponsors and potential sponsors• maintains an ESS Fundraising Web page • maintains sponsor contact information• coordinates the receipt and deposit of donations between sponsors and ACRL• keeps records of monetary transactions (donations, expenditures, balances)• reports the organization’s financial status to Executive Committee at ALA Midwinter and Annual Conferences (including requests, donations, expenditures and balances)• reports the organization’s financial status to the Fall and Spring WESS Newsletter

ESS regularly seeks financial assistance for the following activities. We sincerely appreciate your assistance and support. Your contribution is vital to the health and well-being of intellectual exchange and research between Europe and the United States. By supporting any of these activities, you contribute to the collegial exchange between librarians, publishers and information vendors in Europe and the United States.

Thank you for your support.

Approximate Annual Expenses

Cruise / Social Event at ALA Annual Conference

$7,000-9,000

ESS Programat ALA Annual Conference:speakers and equipment

$2,500-3,000

Audiovisual equipmentfor ESS Discussion Groups

$500

Total Annually [estimated]

$10,000-12,500

Sponsors

ESS wishes to express its gratitude to the following sponsors for their generous support in recent years (in alphabetical order):